Towel holder



Sept. 1, 1959 N. B. ANDREWS TOWEL HOLDER Filed Nov. 12, 1954 P am W %A b ./Y a N United States Patent TOWEL HOLDER Netty B. Andrews, Portland, Oreg.

Application November 12, 1954, Serial No. 468,292

2 Claims. (Cl. 248-309) This invention relates to improvements in holders for towels and the like.

An important object of the present invention is to provide a towel holder which is simple in structure and inexpensive to manufacture.

Another important object is to provide a holder having means to hold a towel in pleated form so as to present the towel in neat and orderly fashion at all times and to permit air to circulate around said towel to facilitate drying thereof.

A further object is to provide a towel holder which occupies a small space on a wall surface.

A further object is to provide a towel holder having means whereby a towel can be readily engaged or disengaged therefrom.

A still further object is to provide a holder having means positively to engage a towel without damaging eifect thereon.

The objects above enumerated are accomplished by a holder having spaced arms or side walls for supporting a transverse member on which a towel is carried. The transverse member is adapted to carry the towel in pleated form, and pierces the towel adjacent one longitudinal edge for securely holding it in place. Means are provided in the device for quickly releasing the towel therefrom but at the same time holding the towel against accidental displacement by normal pulling forces thereon. The invention will be better understood and additional objects and advantages will become apparent from the following specification describing preferred embodiments which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. It is to be understood, however, that various changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of parts and that certain features may be used without others without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of a preferred form of holder;

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 2--2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a rear perspective view of the Figure 1 embodiment with a rear supporting plate removed therefrom; and

Figure 5 is a rear perspective view similar to Figure 4 but showing a slight modification in structure thereof.

Referring now to Figures 1-4, a preferred embodiment is shown comprising a C-shaped body portion 40 having a curved top wall 41 and conjoined side walls 42 provided with an inwardly turned flange 43. Each of flanges 43 has a flat upper surface 44 and is provided with a front enlargement 45 forming a stop plate.

The back wall of the body portion 40, designated by the numeral 46, is provided with screw holes 47 for securing thereto a backing or mounting plate 48. Plate 48 is 2 provided with screw holes to receive screws 50 for mounting the holder on a wall.

The flat surfaces 44 of flanges 43 comprise supports for a transverse pin 52 which pierces the pleats of a towel 10, the pin used with this embodiment being illustrated as a large safety pin of conventional make, but it is understood that various other types of pins, such as those in the previous embodiment, may be used. A forward pull on the towel will not disengage the pin from the holder, and in order to remove the towel from the holder it must be grasped adjacent the upper end and first moved upwardly to cause the pin 52 to clear the top edge of plate 45 and then moved forwardly through the space between the top of plates 45 and the top wall 41.

Figure 5 shows a slightly modified form of holder from that shown in the embodiment of Figures 1-4, this embodiment being identified by the same reference numerals, but having, in addition, transversely aligned notches 54 in the flange surface 44. These notches are engageable by the pin 52 and prevent said pin from sliding longitudinally on the surfaces 44.

Having now described my invention and in What manner the same may be used, what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

1. A wall holder for a pleat-folded towel hung by one edge on a piercing pin, comprising a generally C-shaped integral body having an elongated top wall with spaced, depending ends, the height of said body being approximately half its length, means for mounting the rear side of the holder on a supporting wall with said wall of the body extending perpendicular to the supporting wall, spaced inwardly projecting and confronting shelf-like supports on said depending ends of the body for the ends of a towel-carrying pin adapted to rest on said supports in bridging relation, and upstanding front wall portions integral with said supports and depending ends forming stops at the front edges of said supports to retain the pin on said supports, said wall portions being co-extensive with said supports in a horizontal direction lengthwise of the body and having top edges spaced below said top wall, the front of the holder being open above the top edges of said wall portions and between said supports and wall portions for insertion and removal of the pin over said top edges while carrying a pleat-folded towel, whereby soiled portions of a towel hung in the manner described are partially concealed and the towel is compactly but loosely folded to permit access of air to dry the towel.

2. A towel holder as defined in claim 1, said means for mounting the holder on a wall comprising a plate on the rear side of the holder extending between and rigidly connected with said depending ends.

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